We had seamless changes in leadership during the past year.

Still on the subject of the human mortar so important to William & Mary's
success, we recently moved through a time of significant
change in the senior leadership of the university. During the
last year, our Board of Visitors chose a new Rector, Vice Rector,
and Secretary. The university selected a new president
(the 27th), a new provost, two new vice
presidents, and a new law school dean.

This much change in the senior
leadership of a university in a single year is unusual. It is even rarer to move through it as seamlessly as William &
Mary did.